ILOILO CITY—Tourist arrivals on Boracay Island reached more than 23,000 this month, the highest since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March last year.
From June 1 to 27, the Malay, Aklan tourism office recorded 23,599 tourist arrivals.
With three remaining days in the month, the figure already surpassed the previous peak of 16,487 visitors in February.
Of the total number, around 64 percent or 15,075 were from Metro Manila, 5,170 from Calabarzon, and 1,736 from Central Luzon.
The popular resort island was closed to tourists in March last year amid travel and community quarantine restrictions.
It was reopened starting June 16 to tourists from Western Visayas and oth…
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